ANALYSIS OF IMPACT FACTORS CHANGES IN THE LEVEL OF HAPPINESS OF KLUNGKUNG DISTRICTS IN THE PERIOD BEFORE AND AFTER COVID-19

ABSTRACT:This study aims to 1) assess the condition of people’s happiness in Klungkung Regency before thepandemic (referring to the conditions in 2019); 2) To assess the condition of people’s happiness in KlungkungRegency after Covid-19; 3) To assess changes in the level of happiness of the Klungkung Regency communityafter that period; 4) To study the factors of life satisfaction, feelings, and the meaning of life that affect changesin the level of happiness of the people in Klungkung Regency in the periods before and after Covid-19.Inaddition to adapting the OECD in determining the dimensions of measuring happiness that involve lifesatisfaction, affection and meaning in life, this study also adds new variables that are closely related to socialdistancing activities. The results of research using this factor analysis method show that most of the variablesused, both adaptations of the OECD and variables regarding social distancing, can be used in modeling thevariables that affect changes in the happiness of the Klungkung community after the Covid-19 pandemic. Themain component regression results showed that most of them had a positive relationship with changes in thelevel of happiness. Only variables such as changes in leisure time, changes in feelings of worry, changes infeelings of stress, optimism after the Covid-19 pandemic, changes in beliefs about the future, changes inperspective after the Covid-19 pandemic, and perceptions of business suitability and current achievements havea relationship direction opposite to changing levels of happiness.

Keywords: Happiness, Cantril Ladder, Covid-19, Change in Happiness, Factor Analysis